A report by the Trump administration admits that climate change is real and that it will be catastrophic by the end of this century. However, rather than using that as a basis for action, they are using it as a basis for inaction, under the assumption that to do anything would be futile:
Specifically, they are using it as justification for rescinding emission standards! This was also reported by NPR a couple of weeks ago. Appalling.
Though I loathe saying it, things like this make me think nothing short of an immediate, significant drop in the human population’s going to be enough to save the planet from global warming, and only a global plague’s going to accomplish that.